Original question: "On how many days of the week do you have at least two meals, composed of a grain product (rice, bread, noodles, etc.), a main dish (containing meat, fish, eggs, tofu, etc.), and a side dish (containing vegetables, mushrooms, potato, seaweed, etc.)?"
Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding by the source.
Almost ** percent of consumers in Japan ate balanced meals almost every day, as revealed in a survey conducted in November 2024. On the contrary, around **** percent of respondents stated they rarely had two meals composed of a grain product, a protein-based main dish, and a vegetable-based side dish in a day.
In its 'Fourth Basic Plan on Promoting Dietary Education', the government targets to increase the percentage of people having balanced meals daily to at least ** percent by 2025.
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MAFF. (March 6, 2025). Frequency of balanced meals in Japan as of November 2024 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 18, 2026, from /statistics/1374959/japan-frequency-balanced-meals/
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